title: [Clinical analysis of metabolic syndrome in vertiginous diseases].
abstract: To explore the relationship between metabolic syndrome and vertigo, we measured waist circumference, plasma glucose, triglycerides and blood pressure in 333 subjects aged 20-79 years with vertigo. We found overall metabolic syndrome prevalence defined by Japanese diagnostic criteria to be 13.2%, similar to that in other national surveys by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The 6-fold higher prevalence in men over women exceeded that of other reports, however. The highest frequency was in vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) disorders, suggesting that conditions such as VBI in men with vertigo could involve metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for vertigo incidence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara.
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Yachiyo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawai
authors.forename: Shiho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shirota
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Nobuya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosoi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology*